Human resource development initiatives: FESCO, LUMS, GIZ hold assessment session

According to Business Recorder, FESCO hosted a review of its human resource programmes at its Faisalabad headquarters, with specialists from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and the German Development Agency (GIZ) taking part. The visiting team was led by Dr Jawad Syed, Dr Anjum Fayyaz and Dr Faiza Ali, while FESCO's chief executive engineer, Muhammad Aamir, joined senior officers in attending. FESCO first walked the delegation through a series of measures aimed at strengthening its HR management system.

Discussion topics covered energy sector workforce challenges, skills development, staff management, recruitment, organisational culture and leadership. Aamir said FESCO intended to bring its HR system in line with modern requirements, and both parties agreed to draw more on LUMS and GIZ expertise for capacity building and future leadership programmes. The delegation then toured the Distribution Control Centre and the Computer Centre, where it was briefed on the electricity distribution system and the Customer Complaint Management System.

The GIZ-LUMS team called FESCO's HR policies an important step in organisational development. Both sides said they would keep cooperating to turn the system into a model for Pakistan's energy sector.